so it's quite possible that doma will be struck down before it gets -- doma requires states to recognize marriages that are performed in other states even if it's not legal in your state. it's going to be interesting. i think clearly things are moving. you look at the polls now. there's a slight plurality supporting gay marriage. that was not the case three, five years ago. certainly not when prop 8 passed. things are moving. it's part of the political gestalt changing a little bit. >> bottom line is, when can marriages start again, if at all? >> interesting question. it looks like the stay on the ruling will end on february 28th. which would mean theoretically they could begin on february 28th. you can be sure backers of prop 8 will go back into court, to the supreme court if necessary, to get that stay put back in place so there won't be any more same-sex marriages until this is finally resolved. >> the lone dissenting judge was a bush appointee? >> randy submit, bush-appointed in 2007, a mormon from pocatello. his dissent was narrow. he basically said, i'm not so sure there wasn't a n